Re: uswsusp history lesson [was Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: swsusp / suspend2 reliability]

[Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>]

Hi.

On Saturday 08 July 2006 21:12, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > >Now... switching to uswsusp kernel parts will make it slightly harder
> > >to install in the short term (messing with initrd). OTOH there's at
> > >least _chance_ to get to the point where suspend "just works" in
> > >Linux, in the long term...
> >
> > Long term being the key words. When will uswsusp be concidered 'rock
> > solid'? 2008+? Suspend2 is rock solid _today_. Imagine a world where
>
> uswsusp is probably going to be used for SUSE10.2, so it will have to
> be solid at that point. And SUSE10.2 is going to be
> end-of-2006/early-2007, IIRC.
>
> > Linux drivers were as reliable as swsusp (granted I tried to get
> > uswsusp working and I gave up before messing with the initrd stuff).
>
> Can I get proper bug report?
>
> > In order for uswsusp to make Suspend2 obsolete, it would have to *at
> > least* support what Suspend2 does. Unfortunately, that isn't the case
> > right now.
>
> Suspend2 does not have all the features uswsusp has, and uswsusp does
> not have all the features suspend2 has.

Oh. You mean the rsa key thing?

Regards,

Nigel
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